Lexicographical Neighbors of Pitmans
Literary usage of Pitmans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practical Engineer: A Treatise on the Subject of Modeling, Constructing by John Wallace (1865)
"It has been customary for rolling mills to construct their pitmans one foot ...
There may be forcible objections urged against the use of long pitmans. ..."
2. The Practical Engineer: A Treatise on the Subject of Modeling, Constructing by John Wallace (1865)
"It has been customary for rolling mills to construct their pitmans one foot ...
There may be forcible objections urged against the use of long pitmans. ..."
3. Van Nostrand's Eclectic Engineering Magazine (1879)
"These trial pitmans were all of uniform quality except as to carbon. This led to
the trial of a set of twelve pitmans taken from ingots which were carefully ..."
4. Travels in the American Colonies by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, Newton Dennison Mereness, . (1916)
"500 [acres], part of a Military Wart of one thousand due the sd Fleming lying
about pitmans Station Six Miles on a Spring branch that runs into pitmans ..."
5. Farm Engines and how to Run Them: The Young Engineer's Guide by James Henry Stevenson (1903)
"The trouble being due to the pitmans having worn short, the pit- mans may be
lengthened in some way by putting pieces of leather over the end or the like, ..."
6. The Strength of Materials by William Kent (1879)
"These trial pitmans were all of uniform quality except as to carbon. This led to
the trial of a set of twelve pitmans taken from ingots which were carefully ..."
7. Encyclopedia of Engineering: A Treatise on Boilers, Steam Engines, the by International School of Engineering (1906)
"The crank boxes and pitmans should be adjusted sa that there is no pounding. ...
The trouble, being due to the pitmans having worn short, the pit- mans may ..."
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